"caller" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkɔːlə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɔlɚ/ [General-American], /ˈkɑlɚ/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-caller.wav Forms: callers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔːlə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English callar, equivalent to call + -er. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|callar}} Middle English callar, {{suffix|en|call|er|id2=agent noun}} call + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} caller (plural callers)
  1. (telephony) The person who makes a telephone call. Categories (topical): Telephony Translations (the person who makes a telephone call): volající (Czech), beller (Dutch), soittaja (Finnish), téléphoneur [masculine] (French), appelant [masculine] (French), Anrufer [masculine] (German), hívó (Hungarian), telefonker [feminine, masculine] (Northern Kurdish), dzwoniący (Polish), chamador [masculine] (Portuguese), звонящий (zvonjaščij) (Russian), llamador [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-caller-en-noun-vkUxKdt1 Categories (other): Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 27 14 14 14 5 26 Topics: communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, telecommunications, telephony Disambiguation of 'the person who makes a telephone call': 64 2 15 2 2 15
  2. A visitor. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-caller-en-noun-GpGUQS74 Disambiguation of People: 14 40 28 2 3 12 Categories (other): English terms with collocations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 27 14 14 14 5 26
  3. (bingo) The person who stands at the front of the hall and announces the numbers. Categories (topical): Bingo
    Sense id: en-caller-en-noun-HK02VxwV Categories (other): Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 27 14 14 14 5 26 Topics: bingo, games
  4. (programming) A function that calls another (the callee). Categories (topical): Programming
    Sense id: en-caller-en-noun-pLNV8wcl Categories (other): Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 27 14 14 14 5 26 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
  5. A whistle or similar item used to call foxes.
    Sense id: en-caller-en-noun-eB8uA0Ch
  6. (dance) The person who directs dancers in certain dances, such as American line dances and square dances. Categories (topical): Dance, Musicians
    Sense id: en-caller-en-noun-cw2DMJTt Disambiguation of Musicians: 21 11 14 4 9 42 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Northern Kurdish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 15 13 15 4 31 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 13 12 14 13 8 40 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 15 5 14 13 9 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 10 4 9 9 5 33 24 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 3 10 9 3 34 26 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 24 11 19 8 5 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 13 5 12 10 10 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 18 11 13 9 8 41 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 12 6 11 9 9 54 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 13 5 12 9 9 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 27 14 14 14 5 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Northern Kurdish translations: 13 6 10 9 4 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 18 10 14 9 9 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 22 16 18 5 5 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 12 5 11 9 7 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 12 4 11 10 7 55 Topics: dance, dancing, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Adjective [Scots]

IPA: /ˈkɑlər/ Forms: mair caller [comparative], maist caller [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English calver (“interspersed with flakes”), from Old English calwer. Cognate with English calver. Etymology templates: {{inh|sco|enm|calver|id=flaky|t=interspersed with flakes}} Middle English calver (“interspersed with flakes”), {{inh|sco|ang|calwer}} Old English calwer, {{cog|en|calver}} English calver Head templates: {{head|sco|adjective|comparative|mair caller|||||superlative|maist caller||||}} caller (comparative mair caller, superlative maist caller), {{sco-adj}} caller (comparative mair caller, superlative maist caller)
  1. Fresh (of food, especially fish).
    Sense id: en-caller-sco-adj-C1WwK2Ro Categories (other): Scots entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Scots entries with incorrect language header: 93 7
  2. Cool.
    Sense id: en-caller-sco-adj-G9iCtqY0

Inflected forms

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      "word": "birdcaller"
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      "word": "caller ID"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "chart caller"
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      "word": "nuisance caller"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
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          "callee"
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        "cot-caught-merger"
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      "homophone": "collar (cot–caught merger)"
    },
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}

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      "ipa": "/ˈkɑlər/"
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      "word": "birdcaller"
    },
    {
      "word": "caller ID"
    },
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      "word": "chart caller"
    },
    {
      "word": "cold caller"
    },
    {
      "word": "cop-caller"
    },
    {
      "word": "crank caller"
    },
    {
      "word": "fox caller"
    },
    {
      "word": "hog caller"
    },
    {
      "word": "name-caller"
    },
    {
      "word": "nuisance caller"
    },
    {
      "word": "robocaller"
    },
    {
      "word": "shot caller"
    }
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          "text": "Coordinate term: callee"
        },
        {
          "text": "―I’ve got someone on the line.\n―Who’s the caller?",
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        },
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          "ref": "2023 February 16, WCCO Staff, “Julissa Thaler sentenced to life in prison for murdering 6-year-old son, Eli Hart”, in cbsnews.com:",
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        "(telephony) The person who makes a telephone call."
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      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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        "bingo",
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        "A function that calls another (the callee)."
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        "(programming) A function that calls another (the callee)."
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        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "programming",
        "sciences"
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "A whistle or similar item used to call foxes."
      ],
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        [
          "whistle",
          "whistle"
        ],
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          "fox",
          "fox"
        ]
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    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Dance"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The person who directs dancers in certain dances, such as American line dances and square dances."
      ],
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          "dancer",
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        ],
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          "dance",
          "dance"
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          "line dance"
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        "(dance) The person who directs dancers in certain dances, such as American line dances and square dances."
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        "dance",
        "dancing",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈkɔːlə/",
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      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈkɔlɚ/",
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      "ipa": "/ˈkɑlɚ/",
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      "homophone": "collar (cot–caught merger)"
    },
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "the person who makes a telephone call",
      "word": "volající"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "the person who makes a telephone call",
      "word": "beller"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the person who makes a telephone call",
      "word": "soittaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the person who makes a telephone call",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "téléphoneur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the person who makes a telephone call",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "appelant"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the person who makes a telephone call",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Anrufer"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the person who makes a telephone call",
      "word": "hívó"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "the person who makes a telephone call",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "telefonker"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the person who makes a telephone call",
      "word": "dzwoniący"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the person who makes a telephone call",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chamador"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zvonjaščij",
      "sense": "the person who makes a telephone call",
      "word": "звонящий"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the person who makes a telephone call",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "llamador"
    }
  ],
  "word": "caller"
}

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    "Scots entries with incorrect language header",
    "Scots lemmas",
    "Scots terms derived from Middle English",
    "Scots terms derived from Old English",
    "Scots terms inherited from Middle English",
    "Scots terms inherited from Old English"
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "enm",
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        "id": "flaky",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
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      "form": "mair caller",
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      "form": "maist caller",
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        "superlative"
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        "6": "",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Wha'll buy my caller herrin’, / New drawn frae the Forth? (Caroline Oliphaunt, ‘Caller Herrin'’)"
        }
      ],
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        "Fresh (of food, especially fish)."
      ],
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        [
          "Fresh",
          "fresh"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Cool."
      ],
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        [
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɑlər/"
    }
  ],
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}

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